Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 231 295
Rank change year-on-year -84 +64 -79
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 510 565 923
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.37% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.48% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 218 308 523
10th Percentile £42,473 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,971 £56,357 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,255 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.49% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,915 £104,125 £114,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -2.96% +10.73% -7.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,151 38,285 80,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.65% 92.95% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,600 22,564 59,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -7.94%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 14 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 14 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -64 467 £67,500 -3.57% 226
London +26 281 £85,000 +13.33% 112
Work from Home +54 242 £74,500 +14.62% 110
UK excluding London -170 176 £63,076 -2.96% 142
North of England -33 62 £75,000 -6.25% 32
North West -16 38 £85,000 +6.12% 10
Midlands -51 34 £58,750 -6.00% 26
South East -136 30 £52,500 -19.23% 47
West Midlands -24 26 £57,500 -8.00% 14
East of England -17 25 £61,300 -5.69% 22
Yorkshire -51 21 £63,076 +94.08% 19
South West -77 17 £62,500 +2.04% 7
East Midlands -58 8 £116,250 +121.43% 12
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 3
Scotland -24 4 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Wales -24 3 £69,501 +16.11% 3
North East -35 3 £63,076 -23.54% 3

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 17 (3.33%) Confluence
3 11 (2.16%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.39%) CICS
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
5 2 (0.39%) MTS
6 1 (0.20%) Drupal
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (6.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 19 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.59%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.92%) Workfront
2 6 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.59%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (14.12%) AWS
2 63 (12.35%) SaaS
3 49 (9.61%) Azure
4 34 (6.67%) iPaaS
5 19 (3.73%) GitHub
5 19 (3.73%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.73%) Pulumi
6 15 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
7 14 (2.75%) GCP
8 12 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.76%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.57%) Asana
11 8 (1.57%) H2O.ai
11 8 (1.57%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.37%) Figma
13 5 (0.98%) PaaS
13 5 (0.98%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.78%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.78%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 59 (11.57%) Broadband
2 20 (3.92%) HTTP
3 9 (1.76%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.76%) WAN
4 6 (1.18%) LAN
4 6 (1.18%) RTP
5 4 (0.78%) NGN
6 3 (0.59%) Multicast
6 3 (0.59%) Network Security
6 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.59%) Wireless
7 2 (0.39%) Firewall
7 2 (0.39%) VPN
8 1 (0.20%) 4G
8 1 (0.20%) 5G
8 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.20%) MPLS
8 1 (0.20%) Skype
8 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.63%) Metadata
2 20 (3.92%) NoSQL
2 20 (3.92%) RDBMS
2 20 (3.92%) Relational Database
3 17 (3.33%) Power BI
4 9 (1.76%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.98%) Tableau
6 4 (0.78%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.59%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.39%) Big Data
8 2 (0.39%) DB2
9 1 (0.20%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (5.69%) JIRA
2 19 (3.73%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 184 (36.08%) Finance
2 166 (32.55%) Social Skills
3 153 (30.00%) Marketing
4 89 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (15.69%) Banking
6 66 (12.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (11.37%) Retail
8 56 (10.98%) Law
9 44 (8.63%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
11 34 (6.67%) Legal
12 29 (5.69%) Back Office
13 28 (5.49%) Public Sector
14 27 (5.29%) Financial Institution
15 22 (4.31%) Manufacturing
16 19 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (2.94%) Digital Economy
18 13 (2.55%) Italian Language
18 13 (2.55%) Retail Banking
19 12 (2.35%) German Language
Job Titles
1 145 (28.43%) Product Manager
2 82 (16.08%) Senior
3 70 (13.73%) Lead
4 56 (10.98%) Product Owner
5 42 (8.24%) Senior Manager
6 35 (6.86%) Senior Product Manager
7 23 (4.51%) Developer
8 21 (4.12%) Development Engineer
8 21 (4.12%) Software Engineer
9 20 (3.92%) Product Lead
9 20 (3.92%) Software Development Engineer
10 19 (3.73%) Consultant
11 15 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (2.94%) Digital Product Manager
11 15 (2.94%) Senior Development Engineer
11 15 (2.94%) Senior Software Development Engineer
11 15 (2.94%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (2.55%) Business Consultant
12 13 (2.55%) Business Development Consultant
12 13 (2.55%) Development Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.51%) REST
2 19 (3.73%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (3.73%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (1.57%) Keras
3 8 (1.57%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.57%) TensorFlow
4 5 (0.98%) YAML
5 3 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.39%) .NET
6 2 (0.39%) CSS
6 2 (0.39%) HTML
6 2 (0.39%) Spring
6 2 (0.39%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.20%) EDI
7 1 (0.20%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.20%) Playwright
7 1 (0.20%) PySpark
7 1 (0.20%) SOAP
7 1 (0.20%) XML
7 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 135 (26.47%) Product Ownership
2 46 (9.02%) Social Media
3 36 (7.06%) Marketing Technology
4 35 (6.86%) Over-the-Top Content
5 33 (6.47%) Cloud Native
6 27 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (5.10%) Onboarding
8 25 (4.90%) Management Information System
9 21 (4.12%) Public Cloud
10 15 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.57%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.57%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.57%) Web Conferencing
12 7 (1.37%) Data Fabric
12 7 (1.37%) Podcast
12 7 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.18%) IoT
13 6 (1.18%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.51%) Linux
2 19 (3.73%) Unix
3 6 (1.18%) Windows
4 2 (0.39%) zOS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (59.02%) Roadmaps
2 241 (47.25%) Agile
3 148 (29.02%) Product Roadmap
4 111 (21.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 110 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (20.98%) Product Vision
7 104 (20.39%) AI
8 101 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
9 97 (19.02%) Decision-Making
9 97 (19.02%) Mentoring
10 94 (18.43%) Product Strategy
11 87 (17.06%) User Stories
12 73 (14.31%) User Experience
13 70 (13.73%) Analytics
14 68 (13.33%) Customer Experience
14 68 (13.33%) Product Backlog
15 63 (12.35%) Product Requirements
16 61 (11.96%) DevOps
17 59 (11.57%) Business Development
17 59 (11.57%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.63%) Java
2 36 (7.06%) Python
3 25 (4.90%) JavaScript
4 20 (3.92%) Go
5 19 (3.73%) Bash
6 16 (3.14%) SQL
7 6 (1.18%) Bicep
8 5 (0.98%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.59%) R
10 2 (0.39%) C#
10 2 (0.39%) COBOL
10 2 (0.39%) JCL
10 2 (0.39%) PHP
10 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (17.25%) Degree
2 27 (5.29%) Master's Degree
3 22 (4.31%) Security Cleared
4 21 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.92%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.14%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.37%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.18%) HNC
9 5 (0.98%) MBA
10 4 (0.78%) CISSP
11 3 (0.59%) CCNA
11 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.59%) HND
11 3 (0.59%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.59%) PMP
12 2 (0.39%) ACCA
12 2 (0.39%) CIMA
12 2 (0.39%) CISM
12 2 (0.39%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.10%) QA
2 10 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.37%) GDPR
5 6 (1.18%) NCSC
5 6 (1.18%) PMO
6 5 (0.98%) NIST
7 4 (0.78%) SLA
8 3 (0.59%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.59%) PERC
9 2 (0.39%) COREP
9 2 (0.39%) FINREP
9 2 (0.39%) GRC
9 2 (0.39%) IFRS
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.20%) GMP
10 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (4.51%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) RACF
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (6.47%) Terraform
2 23 (4.51%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.73%) Ansible
3 19 (3.73%) Argo
3 19 (3.73%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.73%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (9.02%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.43%) Adobe
3 35 (6.86%) Google
4 10 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.76%) Oracle
6 8 (1.57%) Databricks
6 8 (1.57%) Dell
6 8 (1.57%) NVIDIA
7 5 (0.98%) Cisco
7 5 (0.98%) Foundry
8 4 (0.78%) Facebook
8 4 (0.78%) Toshiba
8 4 (0.78%) YouTube
9 3 (0.59%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.59%) CQG
9 3 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.59%) ION Trading
9 3 (0.59%) Patsystems
9 3 (0.59%) Reuters
9 3 (0.59%) Tenable